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Author:

Joanne Fedler

Publication Date:

July 2017

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Rights Sold:

World English: Hay House
Germany: mvg Verlag
Portugal: Bertrand

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YOUR STORY
How to Write It So That Others Will Want to Read It

Original Language: English

Your story is worth writing – not only for you, but it could change someone’s life.

We either think our lives are so special that everyone should be interested in what’s happened to us, or so ordinary that we can’t imagine anyone would care. The truth lies somewhere in between: yes, we are all special, and no, people will not care—unless we write with them in mind.

Joanne Fedler, a beloved writing teacher and mentor, has written Your Story to help all people, even those who don’t necessarily identify as “writers,” value their life stories and write them in such a way that they transcend the personal and speak into a universal story. This book shows how to write from your life, but for the benefit of others. Each human life is unique, and the meaning we each make from our joys and suffering can, if written with a reader in mind, be an act of generosity and sharing.

Filled with practical wisdom and tools, the book tackles:

mind-set issues that prevent us from writing
ways to develop trust (in yourself, the process, the mystery)
triggers or prompts to elicit our own stories
Joanne’s original techniques for “lifewriting,” developed over a decade of teaching and mentoring
and much more

Praise for Fedler’s memoir When Hungry, Eat:
"Someone should canonize this book. 'The perfect combination of health advice and spirituality' is still a pathetically inadequate description of this offering by Joanne Fedler, author of Secret Mothers' Business. It is a golden nugget of autobiography, spiritual wisdom and health. Think Eat, Pray, Love but less self-centred."
—Rebecca Butterworth, Australian Bookseller and Publisher

Joanne Fedler is the author of 9 books covering nearly every genre, including her memoir When Hungry, Eat, published by Allen & Unwin in 2010. Internationally, combined sales of her books have surpassed 600,000 copies.

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